Here's an upcoming event I'm really looking forward to:
WHO: All Youth (family and friends welcome!)
WHAT: Walk in a downtown park, go to lunch, see a movie
WHEN: Saturday, June 7th (8am until approximately 3pm)
WHERE: Drop off and pick up at All Souls Parish parking lot
WHY: Get out of the house and enjoy Denver in the summer!
HOW: RSVP to Haley by Thursday, June 5th (permission slip required)
Plus, Narnia movies are gorgeous...
Can you believe it's been 3 years since the last one was released?!
According to the USCCB review, Prince Caspian is a "less emotionally absorbing follow-up" to The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. Apparently, "[t]his is in keeping with the bellicose second volume in C.S. Lewis' seven-part series, which has a thinner plot and affords less opportunity for character and thematic development."
The reviewer at LifeTeen would blame this on puberty:
There's a story about growing up, keeping your faith, and trusting your friends in this movie, but it's a story that doesn't get going until the second half. The story, much like it's actors, has a kind of awkward puberty; the first half kind of stumbles around without any particular grace or flair before it gets to blossom. The Telmarine world is much like our own - no special effects any everyone is human. This land of men has no room for Aslan, and neither does this part of the story. We want armor and sword fighting! We want magic! We want Aslan! (Whew, got a little carried away). It's true. Everyone is waiting for Aslan, and when he shows up, we really get cooking. It's a good thing the movie's over 2 hours, because there's a whole lot of action packed into the second half of Prince Caspian...
Regardless, I'm really excited to see it for myself! Aslan has always been a favorite literary character of mine... (I wonder if perhaps I shouldn't be ok with an animalistic allegorical representation of our Heavenly Father, but it works so well, I can't find the heart to object!)
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